Conservation Agriculture, an Alternative for Sustainable Farming

Dear Colleagues,

Conservation agriculture (CA) is an agro-ecological approach that aims to achieve the sustainable and profitable intensification of agricultural systems through the application of three inter-linked principles, based on locally-formulated practices: minimal soil disturbance, permanent soil cover, and crop rotation. 

The obstacles to the adoption of CA farming systems need to be analyzed and removed. Advantages in economics, environmental and soil-quality aspects over conventional farming systems have also been evaluated. CA holds tremendous potential for all sizes of farms and agro-ecological systems.

This Special Issue intends to cover recent progress in different aspects related to the implementation of CA in a wide range of cropping systems across different agro-ecologies in the Mediterranean area.

Prof. Michele Rinaldi
Dr. Thomas Gitsopoulos
Dr. Danilo Marandola
Guest Editors

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